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Category: Hobby stuff

Filofax redux

10 years ago I had a Filofax. A bit of green paper from it is what I first wrote my phone number on for Will, and he still keeps the same bit of paper in his wallet, even though the number itself has long ceased to exist. It was...

Big brain time

I’ve been doing a lot of lying down for the past couple of days because, of all things, I managed to pull my urethral sphincter. How did I do it? I was laughing at something the cat did, and suddenly, pain. I didn’t even pee but apparently my urethra...

Setting up a tank for a Giant African Land Snail

Visitors from Google: don’t forget to check out this post about setting up an improved tank.   Although I haven’t had my snail Jupiter for very long, I’ve just put together his big tank for him to grow into, so I’m doing a post about that in case anyone...

More about our Giant Land Snail

It’s been almost 3 weeks now since we brought home our GALS. It’s a slightly long story as to how we ended up with him so I’m gonna skip that. I might do a post about caring for Giant African Land Snails when I’ve had him for longer. It...

Giant Land Snail!

Just a quick post to tell you about our new baby! He’s a Giant Land Snail although is currently not very giant because he’s still a baby. I am alarmingly emotional about him. We named him Jupiter (or Joop-Joop casually) because his shell looks a bit like the surface...

My weird hobby: Playing Tomb Raider levels backwards

This is very much explained by the title of the post, but perhaps could use further elaboration. On the original 1996 Tomb Raider game, it is possible to play some levels in almost-reverse order, avoid trigger points for enemies, and other such things. In the last few years I’ve only...

Things I’ve learned from camping ⛺

I love to go camping, and I’ve learned a few things since my first trip. Whether you’re a first time camper, a disabled camper like me, or you’re wondering if there’s anything you haven’t thought of, I hope my camping tips below will be useful to you. Note: These...

Camping trip, 2017

I went on the camping trip with my in-laws this week. Here’s a quick summary of things that happened: The tent was terrible My wheelchair broke People were awful to the animals I got ill in the middle I got ill at the end I had a lovely time...